All year round
Dates
4 / 10
Physicality
+/- 9 Hours
Duration
6+
Age
Aveiro, Paiva
Location

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In this tour, the walk difficulty level is easy/medium! You`ll walk only 5km and downstream!

Short description: You`ll go across one of the longest suspension bridges of the world and walk one of the most beautiful trails: The Paiva Walkways! Visit one of the highlights of Portugal: Costa Nova, and Aveiro, the Portuguese Venice!

We leave from Porto towards Arouca town where we will stop shortly for bathrooms and coffee.

After a short drive, we`ll arrive at the Walkways and go across the Suspension Bridge! It spans 516 meters-long across the valley and hangs 175m above the Paiva river!

Notice: crossing the bridge is not mandatory. You have the option to skip it.

Then, you`ll walk the Paiva Walkways downhill in a total length of 5km over a wooden boardwalk zig-zagging along the left bank of the river. Trail Areinho-Vau.

The walk will be followed by another highlight of our day: lunch! (fish and vegetarian options also available)

After a power nap in the van, we`ll arrive to Costa Nova! Costa Nova is one of the highlights of Portugal – a beautiful fishing village known for its striped colorful houses!

Time to enjoy Aveiro, also known as the “Portuguese Venice”! Discover the city center on a short walk, enjoy some free time and relax on a boat trip to see the charming city through the canals!

Finish the day back in Porto.

PICK UP/DROP OFF At meeting point: Calçada da Vandoma, next to Estátua de Vimara Peres (cathedral)
START AT / END 8:00 am / 6:30 pm (approx)
INCLUDED
Pick up/drop off at Calçada da Vandoma (cathedral)

Transport by top class minivan (8 people)

Paiva Walkways and Suspension Bridge tickets

Traditional lunch (roasted veal)

Visit to Costa Nova and Boat ride at Aveiro canals

NOT INCLUDED
Personal expenses
Gratuities (optional)

Any service that is not clearly specified in the inclusions

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Detailed itinerary

  • Meet at the meeting point: Calçada da Vandoma, next to Estátua de Vimara Peres – (Horse statue at Porto Cathedral);
  • The Paiva Walkways;
  • The Arouca 516 Footbridge (optional)
  • Traditional lunch at Arouca;
  • Visit to cost Nova
  • Drive to Aveiro;
  • City center and fish market;
  • Boat ride at the Aveiro canals.

Return to Porto.

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End of the Tour


The paiva walkways
people hiking at the paiva walkways
arouca 516 bridge
Arouca 516
the paiva walkways stairway and river
the paiva walkways along the river paiva
Art Nouveau buildings in aveiro and the moliceiros boats
Aveiro canals
Aveiro tour

Tour Reviews

4.95 based on 762 reviews
ennetours
25/06/2023

Viskas buvo super, labai patiko sklandi organizacija, nuoširdus ir daug informacijos suteikiantis gidas.

ennetours
24/06/2023

This trip was absolutely amazing, and I 1000% recommend. The tour guide is fantastic, and was so kind and informative and fun. I never imagined we could do so many things in one day and actually have a fabulous time. It was the perfect amount of physical exertion and leisure (for someone who’s not in fantastic shape). The bridge was awesome, hike was gorgeous, food delicious, and historical lessons so fun and informative. The group was the perfect size. This was the day trip of a lifetime, and I’d love to do it again. I’m recommending this trip to all my friends traveling to Portugal.

ennetours
23/06/2023

Original and stunning!
This tour is worth every penny! The guide is super friendly and eager to talk about the different places, their history and you can see he’s passionate about it.
We started the tour in an airconditioned minivan, which was comfortable.
The bridges hike was absolutely beautiful, with the hills and river all around. In total it’s an 8km walk, thankfully the guide drives you up, so that it’s only going downhill. We had the option to do half or the full path, doing the whole path is worth it as you get to observe the nature around! Make also sure to take enough water and protection against sun if you come in summer as it’s very strong!
We then had a delicious lunch, grandma style meat with vegetables.
Afterwards we went to terra nova for a short stop to take pictures of the colorfoul fishermen houses as well as Aveiro, where we got to have the boat tour whose guide was also super informative and engaging, they even gave us small gifts on the boat.
Overall I highly recommend this tour, especially if you are looking for something original to do around Porto 👌🏻

ennetours
23/06/2023

Super cool, merci au guide Ricardo de sa passion pour ce magnifique endroit et surtout d’avoir fait beaucoup d’efforts pour parler français se qui a été très agréable pour nous. Très bon repas. Malgré la route en zigzag ricardo a tout fait pour que l’on se sentent bien (fenêtre Clim,…) je recommande!

ennetours
23/06/2023

Tres joli guide mega gentil sympa mega tour et le manger aussi tres bon on a passer une bonne journee

22/06/2023

Crossing the suspension bridge was a great, thrilling experience! The views along the Paiva walkway were magnificent. Lunch at the local restaurant was delicious. Ricardo is a super friendly guide!
Highly recommend this trip!

22/06/2023

Don’t miss this tour!
This was one of the best tours I’ve ever taken. It was jam packed with activities and the main hike, the Paiva walkways and Arouca suspension bridge are not to be missed. Out tour guide was so informative and considerate. He gave our group options to consider if we didn’t want to hike the whole path. This tour is a must.

22/06/2023

Experience Portugal’s natural beauty!
We had a wonderful day out, I can highly recommend this trip! Ricardo was an excellent
guide – friendly, attentive and very knowledgeable. Lunch in Arouca was delicious too. If you
need to escape the hustle and bustle of Porto for a day, this is the perfect outing!

22/06/2023

Great day out
Amazing experience, fantastic food and a very friendly and knowledgeable tour guide .
Would recommend

ennetours
21/06/2023

My daughter and I were part of a group of 8 ladies, some English and others Portugese. Joao was our guide and we all agreed that he was excellent. He switched between languages effortlessly and was not only informative but genuinely dedicated to ensuring we enjoyed our experience to the fullest. Joao’s warm personality, his knowledge of the history and geography of the area combined with his passion for it made for an unforgettable day. Highly recommend this tour and Joao personally.
PS: The traditional slow cooked veal lunch with vegetables, rice and vinho verde was superb.

ennetours
21/06/2023

Ricardo was brilliant, very informative & friendly, always ensured we all knew where & when to meet up. The suspension bridge, walkways, trip to Averio were all great & what we’d hoped for, lunch was very good too- plenty of food & drink, overall well worth the money, a fantastic day out & lots of memories. Many thanks

ennetours
21/06/2023

ottima escursione e con la guida Riccardo molto disponibile e gentile… Complimenti!! consigliatissima!!

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